Of all the genres, 2010 was the year of metal. Regardless of the accolades I am awarding to some indie rock releases on this list, it was an anemic year overall for Pitchfork favored bands, and a hella good year for readers of Decibel. Yet, even within the black shirt clad community while there was so much to celebrate, there was division as well; namely in the form of Nachtmystium's "Addicts." Certainly the band pushed the limits of heavy in every direction to include industrial, psychedelia and even darkwave, but for my money "Addicts" proved that mainman Blake Judd was so far ahead of the fucking curve that the neanderthals in the scene simply couldn't keep up (I am instantly sorry for that comment already, since I personally know of good intelligent metal fans who just can't get with this record). An album about substance abuse that was as intense and as dark as its subject matter, there wasn't a wrong note on "Addicts." Even if the keyboard arpeggios of "No Funeral" couldn't be less black metal, it was a hell of a lot more grimy than anything on the overblown, second-rate post-rock of Agalloch's "Marrow of the Spirit," which seems to be the consensus "Best Metal Album of the Year" in a year when so many better releases, like "Addicts," deserved the title. Full review here. Nachtmystium - "Every Last Drop" Video (Stereogum Premiere) from stereogum on Vimeo.
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